Ferrol Sams

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Ferrol Sams (born September 26, 1922) is an American physician and novelist born in Fayette County, Georgia, U.S.A.

[edit] Early life and edcuation

Sams was born to Mildred Matthews and Ferrol Sams, Sr. The younger Sams lived in a house built by his great-grandfather. He married Helen Fletcher on July 18, 1951, and the couple are still happily married. Sams' medical career started at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, in 1962. He then attended Emory University School of Medicine for only one semester, and then joined the United States Army Medical Corps.

[edit] Literary career

Sams has written seven books, including a trilogy of works featuring Porter Osborne, Jr., a character who appears to be largely based on Sams himself. Sams writing draws heavily on southern storytelling tradition. Run With The Horsemen was Sams' first book which he published in 1982 when he was 60. In 1991, Sams was awarded the Townsend Prize for Fiction for his publication of When All the World was Young.

Sams' works of fiction developed from the act of writing his own memoirs of growing up in rural Fayette County, Georgia, for his posterity. His works are generally set during the Depression and feature several eccentric characters.

[edit] Bibliography

• Run With the Horsemen, (1984)
• The Whisper of the River, (1986)
• The Widow's Mite, (1989)
• Christmas Gift!, (1991)
• When All the World Was Young, (1992)
• Epiphany, (1995)
• The Passing: Stories, (2001)